[Perseverando]

Time for another great American history lesson from American Minute.

Ezra Stiles continued:

"Who but a Washington, inspired by Heaven, could have struck out the great movement and maneuver of Princeton -- that Christmas (Day) eve when Washington and his army crossed the Delaware? ...

[rktman]

Apparently bribes and collusion didn't kick in until around 2015-16. 😳😁

[2banana]

So close.... "Russian military leaders began talk of a campaign to emancipate oppressed Christians under Ottoman rule, and free Constantinople, which had been the capital of the Christian world for nearly a thousand years. Their plans, though, were interrupted by the French Revolution."

[grey_whiskers]

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Catherine the Great of Russia (1729-1796) rebuffed King George III’s requests and bribes to have Russia side with Britain during the Revolutionary War.”

Russian collusion?

[OLDCU]

Thank you for posting!

[sauropod]

bkmk

[Governor Dinwiddie]

[cyclotic]

Sort of like the original special forces

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the great history lesson.

I and my wife never heard of the Russian support in our war for survival with the Brits.

[Fiddlstix]

[elbook]

One thing you have to remember :

Russia (like France) was assisting the American Revolution to help THEMSELVES against the British and its expanding power.

They didn’t believe in the freedom the Americans sought - just in screwing their geopolitical enemies.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Beautiful post, but you are preaching to the choir here. Our high schools and colleges should be reading this.

[mewzilla]

246 years ago today, 2,400 Americans crossed an icy Delaware River during a Nor’easter. Then they marched, many of them shoeless, 10 miles in the middle of the night to hand the largest army in the world their first loss on colonial soil.